Loner

The Life of Solitude To many, loneliness, and solitude could be considered synonyms; however, when looked at closely, they are actually quite the opposite. Loneliness can be described as “a painful negative state where we feel alone, and cut off and estranged from other people” (“loneliness”). On the other hand, solitude can be described as, “a positive state where we are perfectly happy to be by ourselves, relish and enjoy our own company” (“solitude”). While both words similarly describe a person’s physical state of being alone, the emotional response behind each word is drastically different. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Haruki Murakami’s “Tony Takitani”, loneliness and solitude are significant in each story and play an important role in the character development of Mrs. Mallard and Tony Takitani. In “The Story of an Hour”, Mrs. Mallard gets a taste of freedom when she is told that her husband, Brently Mallard, has died in a railroad accident. At first, like anyone would, she was hit with a storm of grief. As anticipated by her sister, Josephine, it was a lot for her to handle all at once. Mrs. Mallard made her way to her bedroom once the news was delivered. She began looking through the window at life, perhaps through a completely different perspective, as what she was seeing seemed invigorating and rejuvenating. It appeared as if she was seeing the world in a different, more hopeful, positive light. She began to utter the word “free” in repetition as if…

Solitude and the thought of being alone are starting to become obsolete in our world. The increasing use of technology has made people so reliant on their phones that they cannot imagine a life without them. Technology is taking away our privacy by keeping us constantly connected to one another, this constant connectivity has created a fear inside of us. The fear of being isolated from the outside and being alone. During the romantic era, people practiced solitude by following Trilling’s…

I been alone for almost two years. When I say alone, that means I haven't dated or became serious with a member of the opposite sex. Yes, this means I haven't had sexual relations with a man either. I am sure your going to ask why. And the reason why is the most valid one of all. I have been single for a total of four years. In those four years, I have become very good at observing a man's facial expressions, tone of voice, and actions. I know what a man wants and what his true intentions are.…

Ryan Grenoble’s article “A White Terrorist Is a ‘Troubled Loner’, But Unarmed Black Teens Are ‘Thugs’” is a brief article on the Huffington Post. While many would immediately discredit an article from this outlet do to its left leaning tendency it is not always reasonable to do so. The article can be still very well written and may offer insight. This is all depending on the author of the article of course. Grenoble brings up and confronts the use of loaded or certain words in media coverage.…

Being different is lonely, and being lonely definitely isn’t fun. Well, I was the epitome of different and lonely. I will always be the epitome of at least one of the two, although I always thought it would be both. Being able to talk to others, and not be the shy kid I once was will be the saving grace of being different, but not being lonely; however, there was a journey I had to go through, and still am to this day, to reach this point. Being a loner was a product of being born into my…

Does Social Media Bring Us Closer-or Make Us Loners, written by Wency Leung, is about one main question in which Leung asks people to consider their relationship with social media and technology. In this article, Wency Leung argues how technology is distracting us from personal experience with others. She wants the reader to consider if social media and technology help create friendship or help with creating some barriers between people. Leung argues against multiple sources and uses those…

interaction and may experience feelings of sadness and isolation when left to their own devices. For a loner, the complete opposite is true. It’s not that they dislike or hate being with other people, but they are focused more on quality over quantity when it comes to their own personal relationships. They like to take their time and develop deeper, longer lasting connections with a select few, versus having a large number of casual acquaintances. Time is also extremely important to a loner,…

In the beginning of eighth grade, I read Sojourner Truth’s “And Ain’t I a Woman” with my classmates. After I read this story I began thinking about what people think of me just by my image. I asked some of my friends what they thought of me when we first met. They said that they thought I was this person who is always a happy person who loves everything. In other words, I would be called a preppy girl. I asked them where they got that from, but all of them replied: It’s because of your always…

In the novel Harry Potter, written by J.K. Rowling, Harry goes through a lot of changes. He goes from being bullied to standing up for himself and others. Harry is a scrawny black haired boy who lives on number 4 Privet Drive with the Dursleys, his cousins. In the beginning of the “fictional” novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter is a lonely boy who was constantly being bullied by his older cousin Dudley “He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape…

He uses cinematic elements to create a character who is an outsider or a loner by using colors to differentiate them from the rest of the cast. He makes most of his characters wear dark clothing and has a pale complexion to show how they may be depressed. For example, In Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, both main characters wore dark clothing and had a pale skin-tone. Another thing that makes it easy to spot a loner in Tim Burton movies is shadowing and lighting. Dark…